REMAINER Cabinet ministers are pushing Theresa May to urgently seek help from Labour in a desperate bid to secure the votes needed to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

No-deal Brexit: Theresa May is reportedly being urged to seek Labour support to block no deal (Image: GETTY IMAGES)

Members of the Prime Minister’s inner circle have urged her to appeal directly to Jeremy Corbyn for assistance if her unpopular Withdrawal Agreement is rejected by MPs as expected next week, Bloomberg reports. The mainly pro-European group is said to consist of six Cabinet ministers and two other ministers. They are reportedly trying to convince Mrs May to meet with the Labour leader in the hope of negotiating a Brexit both parties can live with in a bid to avoid a disorderly no deal split.

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Labour has already vowed to vote against the Government’s plan because it does not meet the party’s six tests.

But if Mr Corbyn did agree to help Mrs May, it would likely lead to a much softer Brexit because of the opposition party’s pledge to remain in a customs union with the European Union.

The Prime Minister looks to be on course for a major defeat in the Commons next week with dozens of her own MPs warning they will vote against her deal.

Brexiteer backbenchers are concerned the half-in, half-out terms do not truly deliver on the 2016 referendum result and that conditions contained in the Irish border backstop could see the UK shackled to the EU for years to come.

Two ministers are said to have suggested Mrs May approach Mr Corbyn directly (Image: PA)

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Meanwhile, pro-Remain MPs have threatened to side with opposition parties in a vote of no confidence and bring the Government down if Britain looks set to leave the bloc with no deal.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the Remainer group in Cabinet are demanding Mrs May seek help from Labour while two ministers have suggested she approach Mr Corbyn directly.

Ministers have also reportedly floated the idea of allowing MPs to vote on different types of Brexit to establish which could secure the support needed to pass through the Commons.

If she loses Tuesday’s vote, Mrs May will have just three days to return to MPs and explain what she plans to do next.

And if no deal receives the backing of the Commons and if ministers do not seek an extension of Article 50, Britain will drop out of the EU on March 29 with no transition deal.

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve said Brexit must be delayed if Mrs May's deal is defeated (Image: AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

But with growing support in Parliament to block a no-deal Brexit from happening, the Government could ultimately be forced into delaying the split until MPs can agree

Tory former attorney general Dominic Grieve said yesterday that once Mrs May’s deal is defeated the only option left is to request an extension of Article 50 from the EU.

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned of "Brexit paralysis" if MPs vote down Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement next week, potentially meaning the UK does not leave the European Union at all.

Mr Hunt warned that failure to deliver Brexit would be "incredibly damaging" for the UK and something the country would regret for "many, many generations".

He appealed to MPs who have spent months fighting for their "number one top favourite outcome" to come together behind a Withdrawal Agreement which is "not perfect" but "broadly delivers Brexit".